Today was my first day that I actually had the chance to take kids biking! We started them on the concrete trails, just so they could find their footing and get used to biking in the wonderful Texas heat :) Although lots of things didn't go quite as planned, and we ended up being crammed for time, I had a blast! I absolutely love getting the opportunity to get to know these kids better. I spent the day with nine of the youth from Wesley Rankin and two of their youth interns. Overall, it ended up being the most stressful, yet most rewarding day I've had so far!
There's a lot of stuff that I need to learn this summer. Today I've realized, patience is one of them. Whether it's with the disagreements between teammates, or slapping a smile on my face through my boredom of riding in the back of the pack everyday, I have a lot to work on within myself to make this summer beneficial for myself, as well as all of the great kids I get to work with.
Another wonderful thing that happened today was an unexpected event at dinner. Each week, us interns upload our photos from the week onto a community laptop that are then judged by the PT staff for the best shot for the week. I had the honor of winning the first week's photo competition (Yay!). I got to choose from a random array of blank envelopes what my prize would be...and I hit the jackpot! I won 3 tickets to
Six Flags over Texas in Arlington :) I can't wait!! Because of this, lots of my new friends around PT have been
really nice to me...hoping to get one of those tickets, which I can honestly say, I don't think I'm going to mind the extra attention (haha!)
Last Sunday, I had the wonderful opportunity to go to Chapel Hill UMC with the group of interns that adopted me for the week. To my surprise, the group choreographed a dance that they performed last Wednesday morning at Muevete, changing the words to the famous song, My Girl by The Temptations. Lots of the words were changed to "mountain biking," "pedaling"... and creative little phrases like this...and my favorite part was that instead of saying "my girl," they sang "kristen" in its place (in perfect harmony, if I do say so myself!). It was such a sweet gesture and I really appreciated feeling apart of their group for the week. That morning they also presented me with a coupon for a free lunch for the upcoming Sunday! I used it wisely and we went to Cafe Brazil and I had some delicious french toast with lots of fruit on top.
Also, thank goodness for positive, inspiring, helpful, caring, genuine, intentional and God driven people that were placed in my life this summer!! :)
I'm off to bed for now so I can wake up in the morning and run before Day 2 of this lovely and God blessed chaos starts all over again :) Once I develop a rhythm and get into the swing of this new challenge, falling alseep at night will be a lot easier!
Listen to this --> Stand For You by Jonny Diaz :)
Thanks for letting me burn this album Erin! It's so peaceful in the most stressful of times.
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